Go online, without showing your identity using Firefox
The Covid crisis reinforce the, already in place, citizen’s privacy debate. With government’s applications on your phone, and big tech companies following your every step in Internet, sometimes you just need to feel “alone”.
To do so, you can use the web proxy’s Privoxy. Besides hiding your IP, Privoxy also blocks adds and “other obnoxious Internet junk” (privoxy.org).
For this tutorial you will need:
- A Linux version with GUI (In this tutorial will be use Kali)
- Mozila Firefox Browser
Step 1: Install Privoxy
Execute the following command to install privoxy:
sudo apt-get install tor privoxy
Step 2: Configure Privoxy
Go to configurations file, to define SOCKS protocol port. SOCKS is an internet protocol that is responsible for routing packets between a server and a client via a proxy server:
sudo nano /etc/privoxy/config
Then go to the end of the file and add the following line:
forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
Close and save file.
Step 3: Start Tor and Privoxy services
Execute the following command to start tor:
sudo service tor start
Execute the following command to start privoxy:
sudo service privoxy start
Step 4: Change Firefox proxy settings
Go to Firefox’s Preferences -> Network Settings.
Change to Manual proxy configuration and add:
HTTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1 Port: 8181SOCKS Host: 127.0.0.1 Port: 9050
Step 5: Test it
To check if everything is well config and install, go to https://check.torproject.org/. You should have the following output:
It’s done, enjoy your privacy!
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